Improvement in whsp-sockets



G. W. WHNSUN.

Whip-Sockets.

No. 134,431'. Patented Dec.31,18 7'2..`

GEORGE W. JOHNSON, OF FENTON, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN WHiP-SOCKETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. ERQASH, dated December31, 1872.

To all whom it may concerns Be it known that I, GEOEGE W. JOHNSON, ofFenton, in the count-y ot' Genesee and State of Michigan, hare inventeda new and useful Improvement in Whip-Holders; and I do declare that thefollowing is a'true and accurate `description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference markedthereon and being a part of this specilication, in which- Figure l is aperspective View of my improved Whip-holder secured to a dash-board,

and Fig. 2 is a detached View of the holdingplate and spring.

Like letters refer to like parts in each figure.

This invention relates to an improved whipholder so arranged that Whipbutts of any size or shape that can be inserted in the socket will beirmly held by a plate pivoted to a leaf spring, whose lower end issecured to the base of the socket. rlhe invention consists in acylindrical socket, partially cut away on the front side, with a singleleaf spring secured to its lower part, said spring having a holdingplate pivoted to its upper end, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawing, A represents a cylindrical sheet-metal whip-socket,which is to be secured by suitable clamps to the dash-frame B. The

front side, or that toward the driver, is cut away, as shown in Fig. l.To the lower front part of the socket is riveted a single-leaf spring,(3,1whose upper end presses into the cavity ot the socket through theopening referred to. At the upper end of the spring a plate, D, of theform shown, is pivoted at the middle of its back thereto, so that when aWhip-stock is inserted it will come between the face of the plate andthe wall of the socket, forcing the former outwardly into the cut-awaypart ot'. the socket; the spring will cause the Witnesses:

H. F. EBERTs, CHARLES J. HUNT.

